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SPN catches up with Scott Case and the AgLocal team (Video)
Nevermind that he was busy participating in one panel and moderating another last month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Jeff Slobotski, SPN’s co-founder and chief community officer, still found time to put on his reporter’s hat and go to work. In the midst of a whirlwind few days in Austin, he caught…
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Dwolla, Zaarly CEOs talk growth of startups from Midwestern roots
The beauty of writing about a panel discussion between three people frequently featured on the very blog for which you’re writing — and a blog co-founded by one of those people — is that you can afford to forgo formal introductions and get right down to business. And, given that this post is long overdue,…
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Kansas Sen. Moran talks Startup Act at SXSW, urges big social media push
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) took the stage at South by Southwest Interactive on Sunday afternoon for a brief presentation, an interview with the director of an Austin startup accelerator and an audience Q&A. His topic, “Encouraging Innovation and Empowering Entrepreneurs,” focused on The Startup Act, a bill he co-authored with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).…
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SXSnippets: With Jock Jams and Red Bull in tow, RecBob hits the streets
The home stretch – time to take what we’ve learned the previous three days and fine tune the machine. | 10 a.m. – Load up the RV and head downtown. This was our first morning to sleep (eight hours of sleep, more than double what most of us had gotten in the prior two weeks).…
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SXSnippets: Dwolla’s Lampe learns the allure of ‘lasers, wine and geeks’
1:15 a.m. – Walk in late, drenched with rain, to Gary Vaynerchuck’s Secret Wine Party from Matthew Rosenberg’s Fast Society/Cameo house party. Lasers, wine and geeks make for an amazingly awesome combination. | 9:30 a.m. – Christina Aguilera apparently looks …
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SXSnippets: AgLocal embraces ‘awesomely weird’ Austin
8:45 a.m. – It’s day four for the AgLocal team, and we’re already droppin ya’lls and agreeing that Austin is in fact awesomely weird (and uh yes, the locals would like to keep it that way). We’re up early to grab some provisions for a bbq we’re hosting at our Airbnb house. Local rancher Windfall…
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SXSnippets: Checking in from a sun-splashed Sunday at South By
11:00 a.m. – The day started a little later than usual (taxis!), but it began with a bang as we met with Phil, Manager of Emerging Tech for VaynerMedia (Gary Vaynerchuk’s agency). The rest of the team took the divide and conquer approach, attacking sessions on the campus: an interview about “the tragedy of comments”…
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SXSnippets: Catch Nick Seguin if you can
12:30 a.m. – Hugs and handshakes with SPN team and Dwolla folks at the Startup Weekend/Twilio/Zaarly party… They finally got there! | 8 a.m. – Run and lift at hotel – gotta shake off last night and get some energy! | 9:30 a.m. – Finally pick up badge … What does that say about value…
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SXSnippets: Soggy Saturday still ‘overwhelming, cool and addictive’
11:30 a.m. – Head to Austin Convention Center in style. Sister lives here and takes me by her cute Fiat convertible door-to-door where I need to go. Cool!? Except it’s raining buckets here. Why did I leave 70 degrees in KC? | 12:40 p.m. – Fascinated by the characters everywhere. People in sumo outfits, light…
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SXSW Accelerator pitch today continues busy stretch for AgLocal
What already figured to be a whirlwind week at South By Southwest Interactive got a little bit busier for AgLocal just days before SXSW, when the Overland Park, Kan.-based startup was invited to participate in A Celebration of Ameican Startups, Not that the team from AgLocal, a marketplace that connects independent farmers and producers to…